Grandparents Raising Grandchildren NZ is a community of people walking the same path, experiencing the same sorrow, joy and challenges that the role as grandparent and whanau caregiver brings and our Local Support Coordinators are a key part of our integrated approach to supporting over 6000 grandparent and whanau/kin caregivers nationwide.
Our dedicated and committed Local Support Coordinators are all volunteers who are themselves raising their grandchildren. In their communities they host regular meetings providing members with greater fellowship, learning, support, access to timely and useful information and advice and ultimately the realisation that you are not alone and isolated on your path.
If anyone is interested in starting an informal coffee group, please email the Trust National Office
or phone 09 418 3753 or 0800 GRANDS - 0800 472 637
Support Group Coordinators by Area
** = Meetings and telephone support * = Meetings only
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| Kaitaia * |
Martha Taonui |
022 050 7056
09 408 2239 |
Email Martha |
| Kerikeri |
Martha Taonui |
022 050 7056
09 408 2239 |
Email Martha |
| Kaikohe * |
Moengaroa Floyed |
09 401 3057 |
Email Moengaroa |
| Whangarei |
Lianne Nicholas |
09 435 0044 |
Email Lianne |
| Ruakaka ** |
Tauser Kingi |
09 432 8611 |
Email Tauser |
| Kaiwaka |
Dianah Roberts |
022 381 9539 |
Email Dianah |
| Dargaville |
Sandy Zimmer |
09 439 4420 |
Email Sandy |
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| North Shore ** |
Val Brown |
09 410 7591
022 080 2368 |
Email Val |
| Waitakere** |
Debbie Hall |
09 818 7828 |
Email Debbie |
| East Auckland/ Tamaki** |
Tess Gould-Thorpe |
09 535 6903 |
Email Tess |
| South Auckland** |
Virginia Peebles |
09 277 7514 |
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| Papakura/Pukekohe ** |
Anne Doddrell |
09 237 8161 |
Email Anne |
| Waiuku |
Deborah Williams |
027 452 7598 |
Email Deborah |
| Waikato/King Country Region |
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| Hamilton / Huntly** |
Pat Davis |
07 855 0530 |
Email Pat |
| Te Kuiti ** |
Kay Higgins |
027 430 2939 |
Email Kay |
| Taumaranui ** |
Aroha Rudkin |
027 873 0061 |
Email Aroha |
| Taupo |
Lesley-Anne Wells |
07 377 3539 |
Email Lesley-Anne |
| Tokoroa |
Pam Anscombe |
07 886 0558 |
Email Pam |
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| Rotorua ** |
Anne Donnell |
020 402 22910 |
Email Anne |
| Tauranga |
Karen Ormsby |
07 579 3571 |
Email Karen |
| Mt Maunganui/Papamoa |
Rawinia Macredie |
07 562 2850 |
Email Rawinia |
| Opotiki |
Sophie Wilson-Kahika |
07 262 5136 |
Email Sophie |
| Whakatane ** |
Vacant |
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| Gisborne |
Vacant |
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| Napier ** |
Rozane Duncan |
06 834 0905 |
Email Rozane |
| Hastings |
Tom Kupa |
06 879 4302 |
Email Tom |
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| Whanganui ** |
Jenny Morton |
06 344 3656
027 443 7780 |
Email Jenny |
| Palmerston North ** |
Jacqui Phillips |
021 229 0455 |
Email Jacqui |
| Dannevirke |
Malcolm Johnson |
06 374 0407 |
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| Levin* |
Ann Waddell |
06 362 7269 |
Email Ann |
| Wairarapa Region |
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| Wairarapa ** |
Tere Lenihan |
06 379 5407 |
Email Tere |
| Wellington Region |
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| Hutt Valley ** |
Serenah Nicholson |
021 743414 |
Email Serenah |
| Porirua ** |
Lise Maru |
0211 219453 |
Email Lise |
| Wellington ** |
Cecilee Donovan |
04 477 0632 |
Email Cecilee |
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| Motueka |
Rankeilor Arnott |
03 528 5089 |
Email Rankeilor |
| Nelson ** |
Paula Eggers |
035445714
021 062 6583 |
Email Paula |
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| Canterbury ** |
Veronica Brunt |
03 942 5935 |
Email Veronica |
| Otago Region |
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| Otago/Dunedin |
Aad & Leonie |
03 465 1764 |
Email Aad & Leonie |
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| Southland** |
Lynette Nielsen |
027 489 2581 |
Email Lynette |
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| Matakana / Warkworth (Rodney) |
Anita |
022 312 5691 |
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| Auckland Central |
Jane |
021 424 801 |
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| Cambridge |
Bev |
021 0272 0902 |
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| Ngaruawahia / Taupiri |
Carol |
027 361 1929 |
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| Raetihi |
Angel |
06 385 3404 |
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| Marton/Hunterville |
Sharon |
027 3668 538 |
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| Kapiti |
Margaret |
04 293 4728 |
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| Marlborough |
Juliet |
03 571 6222 |
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| Christchurch |
Elaine |
021 025 08834 |
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| Ashburton |
Debs |
027 626 4886 |
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| Dunedin |
Nanette |
03 455 2016 |
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